2017-02-03 UTC
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petermolnar One, dubbed a WordPress pingback attack [...] large number of servers to simultaneously fetch [...] able to block it, because each querying machine broadcast a user agent that contained the words "WordPress pingback," (from: https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/how-google-fought-back-against-a-crippling-iot-powered-botnet-and-won/ ) question: should webmentions have a similar user agent recommendation/restriction ?